Rafael?
Manchester United vs. Stoke City
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Bench?
#mufc subs to face @stokecity: Lindegaard, Rafael, Fellaini, Januzaj, Young, Valencia, Hernandez.
Leaving Rafael out might make us struggle a little though. He is usually one of our best outlets and links up really well with Nani.
Pretty much what I've wanted to see all season with the exception of Rafael for a Smalling.
Our best 4 attacking players all starting, f*cking finally 
Great lineup.
Have to laugh at the Caf, desperate for Kagawa to play again, but ... who the feck did you think he was going to displace exactly?
"no janurdaz, fu moyze!"
Have to laugh at the Caf, desperate for Kagawa to play again, but ... who the feck did you think he was going to displace exactly?
"no janurdaz, fu moyze!"
Against Stoke we should play 2 strikers so move Rooney up and play a 4-2-2-2 instead of the 4-2-3-1
Don't think Moyes has benched to keep him grounded. Kagawa did fantastically well last game, RvP is fit so Januzaj was going to miss out. This is our strongest front 4 I would say. Besides, we have lot many matches coming up and this means Januzaj will definitely be a starter in league cup.
Januzaj on left and Zaha on right vs Norwich
Yeah, yer man David is a bit clueless no? What about Bale??
Didn't Rafael come off against Sociedad because of a slight injury? Might be why he doesn't start along with the height suggestion.
Will Zaha ever get a game over Moyes?
On paper, this is easily our best front 6. Hopefully it will work out well. You never know with Stoke...
That's just an excellent line-up, credit to Moyes for fielding the front four many of us were waiting for in ages. Is this the first time RVP, Rooney, Kagawa and Nani start together? I think it is...
Loving the line-up (other than Rafael going missing). Please, please, please let this be the match we finally rip somebody up.
Been waiting to see that front 6 since the start of last season. Should be great. Only thing is that no Rafael will make us worse going forward since Smalling offers nothing that way, but we'll be fine. As long as dropping Rafael because of his height doesn't become a habit that is.
Well I assume Smalling starts because of his height, but then it makes me wonder why Fellaini didn't start.
Smalling at RB isn't the best selection. Rafael or Jones would be more comfortable and productive there. Otherwise we're getting closer to our best performing group of players. This should mean our results start getting better as well. The stage is set for a win and we'd better take it.
Spent £27.5M for Fellaini and he can't get in to the side.
Happy to see Kagawa again.
This is the front 6 we were all screaming for before the emergence of Januzaj. Looking forward to it.
I want us to destroy someone. Utterly rip them apart, we need that badly.
Disappointing not to see him on the bench even. Slightly worried about Welbeck's knee as well, it was pretty dodgy in his teens, hopefully it won't start bothering him again.
He was terrible last game he played. Nothing wrong with him not playing today.
Wasn't he on a yellow? Moyes also wanted to provide more height and defensive strength as Sociedad were coming back to the game at the time.
If he don't play against Norwich on Wednesday...........then i believe he had sex with Moyes' daughter.
People shouldn't be too surprised at Januzaj not playing. It's like they assumed he became an automatic first choice after his 2 games. What we don't want to do is start him every game, even though he is looking very good. He'll most likely come off the bench anyways. This is our strongest front 4 though, or even front 6, no question about that.
I'd sooner Rafael start at right back but it will be interesting to see how Moyes tries to make that front four work, plenty of potential there certainly.
In a way i am glad that Januzaj is on the bench, a manager has to be wary of overplaying a new prospect and creating unnecessary pressure. Should be equally effective from the bench.
In a way i am glad that Januzaj is on the bench, a manager has to be wary of overplaying a new prospect and creating unnecessary pressure. Should be equally effective from the bench.
To be honest though I wouldn't pick him myself over anyone in that line up. I really don't think we needed Fellaini at all.
That might be right actually, must have been another game recently I'm thinking of.
Edit: Sunderland a couple of weeks ago.
Yes we have waited all season for this team, just have to hope they can play together has a team now.
We play Norwich in the cup on Tuesday
He'll most likely feature then.
Doubt it.
Lauren Moyes has a lot to answer for.
Same here, but it's a surprise Moyes doesn't play him after signing him.
No problems with the team. If Fellaini started I would have started Rafael too. But with Cleverley in the middle I think we'll need extra height for set-pieces so I can understand and I probably agree with Smalling starting.
Good team. The only slight problem is Young over Zaha on the bench. Apart from that everything is fine.
Good team. The only slight problem is Young over Zaha on the bench. Apart from that everything is fine.
True, maybe Moyes realised himself he has better options than Fellaini.
Not really. If he's not playing well he won't start him. Good he's on the bench.
I think Moyes is starting to think he messed up with the Fellaini signing.
I just hope we play with the same tempo as the midweek. If we do, we'll win.
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